# Walkinshaw Proposes Federal Records Relief

Representative James R. Walkinshaw introduced the Federal Employee Records Relief Act on October 2, 2026. The proposed bill would require the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and former employing agencies to provide eligible former federal employees with personnel records, correct administrative errors, and explain benefits options. A separate report says retirees and recently separated employees could request support for up to four years. The measure has not been enacted and does not announce a contract, but it could expand agency workloads and prompt process or systems changes affecting federal HR, records-management, and benefits programs if passed.

- Contractors supporting OPM or agency HR, personnel-records, and benefits operations can assess whether their existing services or systems could support record retrieval, correction workflows, and benefits communications.
- The proposal could increase demand on agency records-management and retirement-processing operations; it is not yet a funded procurement opportunity or a current contractor requirement.
- The bill’s four-year support period, as reported, is relevant to planning for the potential duration and scale of any resulting agency workload.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Policy
**Published:** October 06, 2026

### Government Entities
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Former employing federal agencies

### Key Quotes
> The Federal Employee Records Relief Act will give these workers a clear path to correct their records and move forward with their lives.
> — Doreen Greenwald, National President, National Treasury Employees Union

### Sources
- [
        Democrats look to make the retirement process easier for feds - Federal News Network](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/podcast/federal-newscast-podcast/democrats-look-to-make-the-retirement-process-easier-for-feds) - federalnewsnetwork.com
- [
	Walkinshaw Introduces Bill to Fix Personnel Record Errors Delaying Federal Workers’ Retirement and Benefits | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
](https://walkinshaw.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=866) - Walkinshaw